Breda Spaight
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Collection from Arlen House: Watching for the Hawk, finalist in the Farmgate Cafe National Poetry Award '24. Arts Council Lit. Bursary. Forward Prize s/list Best Poem Written '23.
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Three Pillars Press is excited to announce its official launch as an independent Poetry Pamphlet Press dedicated to publishing new voices in contemporary poetry.
Founded in 2025, the Press aims to offer a publishing platform to new and emerging poets...
www.writing.ie/news/three-p...
#poetrysky
Founded in 2025, the Press aims to offer a publishing platform to new and emerging poets...
www.writing.ie/news/three-p...
#poetrysky
Three Pillars Press: Ireland’s New Poetry Publisher
From Three Pillars Press: Three Pillars Press is excited to announce its official launch as an independent Poetry Pamphlet Press dedicated to publishing new voices in contemporary poetry. Founded i…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Three Pillars Press is excited to announce its official launch as an independent Poetry Pamphlet Press dedicated to publishing new voices in contemporary poetry.
Founded in 2025, the Press aims to offer a publishing platform to new and emerging poets...
www.writing.ie/news/three-p...
#poetrysky
Founded in 2025, the Press aims to offer a publishing platform to new and emerging poets...
www.writing.ie/news/three-p...
#poetrysky
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Ger Duffy and Billy Fenton have started a new poetry press, focussing on publishing poetry pamphlets from new and emerging poets. Their first submission window will open from Jan-Feb 2026. The website is www.3pillarspress.com
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ger Duffy and Billy Fenton have started a new poetry press, focussing on publishing poetry pamphlets from new and emerging poets. Their first submission window will open from Jan-Feb 2026. The website is www.3pillarspress.com
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
Best wishes to @billyfenton.bsky.social and Ger. So much poetry energy from Waterford at the moment. Good luck 👍
Ger Duffy and Billy Fenton have started a new poetry press, focussing on publishing poetry pamphlets from new and emerging poets. Their first submission window will open from Jan-Feb 2026. The website is www.3pillarspress.com
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
@3pillarspress
#poetrypress #poetrypamphlets #poets
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Best wishes to @billyfenton.bsky.social and Ger. So much poetry energy from Waterford at the moment. Good luck 👍
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London!
Celebrating Arlen House at 50, launching @nualaoconnor.bsky.social's *Menagerie* plus *Washing Windows V: Irish Women Revolutionise Poetry, 1975-2025*
Hosted by @irishlitsoc.bsky.social at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Hammersmith, Tuesday 25 Nov, 7.30pm
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Celebrating Arlen House at 50, launching @nualaoconnor.bsky.social's *Menagerie* plus *Washing Windows V: Irish Women Revolutionise Poetry, 1975-2025*
Hosted by @irishlitsoc.bsky.social at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Hammersmith, Tuesday 25 Nov, 7.30pm
irishlitsoc.org/event/arlen-...
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
London!
Celebrating Arlen House at 50, launching @nualaoconnor.bsky.social's *Menagerie* plus *Washing Windows V: Irish Women Revolutionise Poetry, 1975-2025*
Hosted by @irishlitsoc.bsky.social at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Hammersmith, Tuesday 25 Nov, 7.30pm
irishlitsoc.org/event/arlen-...
Celebrating Arlen House at 50, launching @nualaoconnor.bsky.social's *Menagerie* plus *Washing Windows V: Irish Women Revolutionise Poetry, 1975-2025*
Hosted by @irishlitsoc.bsky.social at @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social Hammersmith, Tuesday 25 Nov, 7.30pm
irishlitsoc.org/event/arlen-...
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A definite date for next months diary:-
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A definite date for next months diary:-
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Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Cancellation*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm
Books Upstairs Café
ALL WELCOME
Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Cancellation*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm
Books Upstairs Café
ALL WELCOME
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Cancellation*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm
Books Upstairs Café
ALL WELCOME
Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Cancellation*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm
Books Upstairs Café
ALL WELCOME
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Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
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Arlen House & Books Upstairs launch invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Censorship*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm, Books Upstairs
ALL WELCOME
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Censorship*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm, Books Upstairs
ALL WELCOME
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Arlen House & Books Upstairs launch invite:
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Censorship*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm, Books Upstairs
ALL WELCOME
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
Liz McManus (ed) *May Morton: Phantom Poet*
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Noelle Lynskey *Featherweight*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Manichea: A Play on Censorship*
Sunday 30 November, 2pm, Books Upstairs
ALL WELCOME
Celebrating 50 Years of Arlen House
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today's lonely offering. Is there anybody out there?
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
today's lonely offering. Is there anybody out there?
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Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
Banshee Press has acquired Found in a Context of Destruction, a debut poetry collection from novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann, and Render, the third collection from acclaimed poet Billy Ramsell 👇 #BookSky
Banshee Press snaps up two new poetry collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
It was a pleasure to read at the 50th anniversary launch of The Stony Thursday Book at the Belltable last night. Congratulations to all involved - it was a great evening of readings. Many wonderful voices from across the country.
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It was a pleasure to read at the 50th anniversary launch of The Stony Thursday Book at the Belltable last night. Congratulations to all involved - it was a great evening of readings. Many wonderful voices from across the country.
It's a real honour to have work in this issue of Southword. Launch is Friday 21, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. 6.30.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's a real honour to have work in this issue of Southword. Launch is Friday 21, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. 6.30.
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'My jelly legs are off the couch
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
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by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
‘The Stars’ by Vasiliki Albedo — Banshee Press
My jelly legs are off the couch by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors and the neighbourhood is treason. Despite the heat, I find myself in the once empty lot, where my cousins pitched the…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
'My jelly legs are off the couch
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
by grace of Prozac. Four months indoors
and the neighbourhood is treason.'
From our sold-out issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- poetry by Vasiliki Albedo ⭐
@minorroarr.bsky.social
bansheepress.org/read/the-sta...
Michelle Obama looking very . . . .well, different.
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Michelle Obama looking very . . . .well, different.
Source: The Irish Times
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Diarmaid Ferriter: Sr Stan asked a question in 1985. It still hasn’t been answered
At the time of her death, more than 16,000 people were in emergency accommodation across the country
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November 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Source: The Irish Times
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I'm v happy to say - as you can see from the pics below, that my contributors copy of THE STORMS @eatthestorms.com arrived. Yay!🥳🕺💃🦋Thks Dami & Rhona🙏🤗
📢 If there's enough interest, I'll post my poem, from the issue later today IF THIS POST GETS 50+ likes & 10+ reposts BY 10pm tonight (UK time)
📢 If there's enough interest, I'll post my poem, from the issue later today IF THIS POST GETS 50+ likes & 10+ reposts BY 10pm tonight (UK time)
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm v happy to say - as you can see from the pics below, that my contributors copy of THE STORMS @eatthestorms.com arrived. Yay!🥳🕺💃🦋Thks Dami & Rhona🙏🤗
📢 If there's enough interest, I'll post my poem, from the issue later today IF THIS POST GETS 50+ likes & 10+ reposts BY 10pm tonight (UK time)
📢 If there's enough interest, I'll post my poem, from the issue later today IF THIS POST GETS 50+ likes & 10+ reposts BY 10pm tonight (UK time)
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Date for the diary:
The winter issue of Southword will be launched on 21st November at 6.30pm.
Join us for a glass of wine at the launch of issue 49 with readings from some of the local poets in the issue.
Copies are available to purchase through our website www.munsterlit.ie
#writing #booklaunch
The winter issue of Southword will be launched on 21st November at 6.30pm.
Join us for a glass of wine at the launch of issue 49 with readings from some of the local poets in the issue.
Copies are available to purchase through our website www.munsterlit.ie
#writing #booklaunch
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Date for the diary:
The winter issue of Southword will be launched on 21st November at 6.30pm.
Join us for a glass of wine at the launch of issue 49 with readings from some of the local poets in the issue.
Copies are available to purchase through our website www.munsterlit.ie
#writing #booklaunch
The winter issue of Southword will be launched on 21st November at 6.30pm.
Join us for a glass of wine at the launch of issue 49 with readings from some of the local poets in the issue.
Copies are available to purchase through our website www.munsterlit.ie
#writing #booklaunch
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Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite you to enjoy readings from 5 stunning works of Irish literature:
Deirdre Cartmill *Under the Blue Seraphim*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Laganside Lights*
Luke Morgan *Blood Atlas*
Francis O'Hare *A Different Light*
Csilla Toldy *Firebird*
Sun 9 Nov 2pm, Books Upstairs
Deirdre Cartmill *Under the Blue Seraphim*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Laganside Lights*
Luke Morgan *Blood Atlas*
Francis O'Hare *A Different Light*
Csilla Toldy *Firebird*
Sun 9 Nov 2pm, Books Upstairs
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Arlen House & Books Upstairs invite you to enjoy readings from 5 stunning works of Irish literature:
Deirdre Cartmill *Under the Blue Seraphim*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Laganside Lights*
Luke Morgan *Blood Atlas*
Francis O'Hare *A Different Light*
Csilla Toldy *Firebird*
Sun 9 Nov 2pm, Books Upstairs
Deirdre Cartmill *Under the Blue Seraphim*
Rosemary Jenkinson *Laganside Lights*
Luke Morgan *Blood Atlas*
Francis O'Hare *A Different Light*
Csilla Toldy *Firebird*
Sun 9 Nov 2pm, Books Upstairs
More of the garden from my window.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
More of the garden from my window.
I love a beech hedge - the view from my window today.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I love a beech hedge - the view from my window today.
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Accepting work for issue 21 until midnight (IST) 🎃
Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨
bansheepress.org/submit
bansheepress.org/submit
Submit — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!
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October 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Accepting work for issue 21 until midnight (IST) 🎃
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Our new Submission Call is now open! Submit!
We're pleased to present the Abridged 0 -108: Adrenochrome Submission Call. See www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for info! Image by Mark Tamer: www.marktamer.co.uk #poetry #irishmagazine
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our new Submission Call is now open! Submit!
In the garden today!
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In the garden today!